Universal Health Services drawdown: 27.6% below the all-time high
Universal Health Services is 27.6% below its all-time high, set Nov 26, 2025 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −27.6%
- 72.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $244.18
- Nov 26, 2025
- Time below the high
- 10 mo
- since Nov 26, 2025
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −60.3%
- Sep 24, 1999
- Longest underwater
- 8.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Mar 7, 2024
- 2.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Aug 11, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1981#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1998 | Sep 24, 1999 | −60.3% | 18 mo | Jun 15, 2000 | 2.2 yrs |
| Sep 10, 2019 | Mar 18, 2020 | −56.4% | 6 mo | May 10, 2021 | 1.7 yrs |
| Sep 12, 2008 | Mar 9, 2009 | −52.7% | 6 mo | Oct 9, 2009 | 13 mo |
| Aug 3, 2021 | Sep 27, 2022 | −45.3% | 14 mo | Feb 1, 2024 | 2.5 yrs |
| May 10, 2011 | Oct 3, 2011 | −43.4% | 5 mo | Jan 22, 2013 | 1.7 yrs |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Jun 18, 2026 | −42.2% | 7 mo | not yet | 10 mo+ |
| May 28, 1982 | Sep 27, 1990 | −39.6% | 8.3 yrs | Feb 8, 1991 | 8.7 yrs |
| Jul 22, 1991 | Nov 26, 1991 | −38.3% | 4 mo | Oct 4, 1993 | 2.2 yrs |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 1981: how far Universal Health Services stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is Universal Health Services from its all-time high?
- Universal Health Services is currently 27.6% below its all-time high, set Nov 26, 2025 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Universal Health Services drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1981) took Universal Health Services 60.3% below its prior high, bottoming Sep 24, 1999. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from UHS; no free deep history exists for Universal Health Services — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.